An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.

Eric Clapton Quotes

British - Musician Born: March 30, 1945

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An obsession is where something will not leave your mind. Eric Clapton

Mind, Will, Leave

But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go. Eric Clapton

Think, Go, About

The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life. Eric Clapton

My Life, Turned, Given

I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone's got their own definition. Eric Clapton

I Think, Some, Everybody

I don't know if I believe in luck. I think I'm very fortunate. Eric Clapton

Think, I Think, Very

One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut. Eric Clapton

Most, Ever, How

Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over. Eric Clapton

Trying, Over, Powerless

I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life. Eric Clapton

Quiet, Like, Quiet Life

I mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to me, that I could cross any kind of border to get on there. Eric Clapton

Border, Could, Hypnotic

When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it's a pretty honorable position to be in. Eric Clapton

Original, Pretty, Some

Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening. Eric Clapton

Love, Listening, Gift

Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest. Eric Clapton

Rather, Given, Contest

Music became a healer for me. Eric Clapton

Music, Became, Healer

I remember hearing Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley and not really knowing anything about the geography or the culture of the music. But for some reason it did something to me - it resonated. Eric Clapton

Reason, Big, Some

I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire. Eric Clapton

I Wish, Muse, Could

I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone's got their own definition. Mine, I suppose, is to know myself. Eric Clapton

I Think, Some, Everybody

Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all the emotions of fear and confusion relating to my family. Eric Clapton

Away, Became, Healer

I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist. Eric Clapton

I Am, Always, Will

My dedication to my music has driven everyone away. I've had girlfriends, but I always end up on my own. I don't particularly like it, but I don't see a way 'round it. Eric Clapton

Always, Away, Particularly

I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp... I listened to everything I could that came from that place that they call the blues but, in formality, isn't necessarily the blues. Eric Clapton

Roll, Charles, Archie

Very much like that, and very much a loner, do you know and I didn't fit really into sport or all kind of group activities as a kid, I couldn't find a niche. And music was not really part of the kind of village curriculum it would, you know. Eric Clapton

Kid, Very, Part

There's a desire in me to express something - to match what I hear in my head. Eric Clapton

Me, Desire, Head

In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself. Eric Clapton

Myself, Gift, Greatest Gift

I used to do crazy things that people would bail me out of, and I'm just grateful that I survived. But the music got very lost; I didn't know where I was going, and I didn't really care. I was more into just having a good time, and I think it showed. Eric Clapton

I Think, Very, Crazy Things

Yeah, and I went straight into a fantasy world. Just stepped straight into the abyss. You know, I was gone and kids used to walk past my front room, cause I lived on the green. Eric Clapton

Green, Fantasy, Stepped

I'd love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening? Eric Clapton

Love, Rest, Note

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